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• TITLE: The Quality of Counseling and Vocational Orientation (C.V.O.) and Its Effectiveness in Secondary and Higher Vocational Education. Preview of the Educational Community and Alumni Views

  AUTHORS: Gerasimos Vlassopoulos, George Albert Karikas, Efstathia Papageorgiou, Ioannis Psaromiligkos, Niki Giannouli, Pigi Vlassopoulou, Petros Karkalousos

  KEYWORDS: Counseling, Counseling and Career Guidance (C.C.G.), Counseling and Professional Orientation (C.P.O), Counseling and Vocational Orientation (C.V.O.), Counseling and Vocational Guidance (C.V.G.), Vocational Orientation, Career, Career Orientation, School Vocational Guidance (S.V.G.), Professional Training, Teachers, Students, Adult Students, Pupils, Graduates, Vocational High Schools (V.H.S.), Schools of Higher Vocational Training (S.H.V.T.), Profession, Adult Education, Mixed Sampling, Quality of Counseling, Quality

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Social Sciences, Vol.12 No.9, September 24, 2024

  ABSTRACT: Career counseling is an integral part of the educational process, as it helps students to choose their future career paths and develop the necessary skills for the job. The present study investigated the quality of Counseling and Vocational Orientation (C.V.O.) in the educational structures of secondary vocational education and higher vocational training, through a systematic preview of the opinions of the educational community. During the sampling design, it was decided to apply mixed sampling, as the most appropriate method, for a more representative sample of the population. Stratified and Cluster sampling was performed for the teachers, pupils, adult students and Simple Random sampling for the graduates. Appropriately structured questionnaires of 30 questions were completed with the participation of 382 teachers, 594 pupils, 344 adult students and 180 graduates. Results: Regarding the teaching of School Vocational Guidance (S.V.G.), it was found that the adequacy of the teachers’ knowledge affects the degree of satisfaction of the apprentices (p p p p p p p p p p p Conclusions: C.V.O. supports pupils, adult students and graduates to achieve their professional goals and adapt to the modern challenges of the labor market. Teachers (78%) and graduates (67.8%) are more satisfied with the quality of the services of the S.V.G., while students (48.5%) and adult students (37.5%) are less satisfied.